Using technologies stolen from a country
Hello and good morning.
I recently learned that United States President Donald Trump is complaining that China is stealing $300 billion worth of intellectual property from the United States annually.
In addition, it is a well-known fact that technologies used in smartphones, laptops, etc. from China are remarkably similar in their specifications to smartphones and laptops originally invented by companies like Apple and LG.
It is also known that it is difficult for countries from which the Chinese steal to complain, since China is an economic giant, and it is better to be wise than unjust, etc.
There may be other important facts that I have not taken into account.
My question is this – considering all the above facts, is there a problem with buying devices whose technology was copied from one country (with the covert encouragement of another country) or not?
(Examples; Xiaomi, Huawei, etc.)
I myself believe that it may be possible to determine that the countries are in a “cold war” state, and therefore, stolen technology is “loot.” If what I believe is correct – what is the attitude towards such loot?
Thank you and have a nice day.
I think there is no problem buying until a ruling is issued by some legal tribunal that determines that this is indeed stolen technology. As long as you don’t have concrete information, these are general suspicions that cannot prohibit the purchase of a particular product. If you want to avoid buying Chinese products, you will be blessed.
There's no need for a legal tribunal or anything. The rabbi is not involved. Every barrister knows what is meant and these are not really “general” suspicions.
I don't believe in things that ”everyone knows”. Not because it's not true (I also know what they say) but because it's not legally valid. You can't ban it as long as there's no authoritative determination that this is the case. Even if “everyone knows that you stole” you can't be put in jail or asked to pay.
In your opinion, in the era of CDs it was forbidden to sell CDs to Israelis because, as is known, Israel is a “one-CD country”.
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